Margaret Tempest
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| birth_date = 1892
| birth_place = Ipswich, Suffolk
| death_date = 1982
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| known_for = Little Grey Rabbit illustrations
| education = Ipswich School of Art
Westminster School of Art
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| occupation = Children's author and illustrator
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Margaret Mary Tempest (1892–1982) was a British illustrator and author, best known for her illustrations of Alison Uttley's Little Grey Rabbit books.{{cite web|url=http://www.margarettempest.co.uk|title=Margaret Mary Tempest – Illustrator|website=Margaret Mary Tempest|accessdate=9 September 2017}}
Life
Margaret Tempest was born at 2 Fonnereau Road, Ipswich, Suffolk, in 1892. She lived most of her life in the town, attending Ipswich High School,{{Cite web |last=G. P. D. S. T. |first=IPSWICH HIGH SCHOOL |date=1953–1954 |title=School News 1953-1954 |url=https://ipswicharchive.daisy.websds.net/Filename.ashx?systemFileName=IPGRS1954.pdf#page=67 |website=ipswicharchive.daisy.websds.net}} Ipswich School of Art and then the Westminster School of Art graduating in 1914.{{cite book |title=Ipswich's Blue Plaques |date=n.d. |publisher=Ipswich Society |location=Ipswich}} She was co-founder of the Chelsea Illustrators Club through which former students exhibited and sold their art.{{cite web|url=http://www.margarettempest.co.uk/her-life/|title=Her Life|website=Margaret Mary Tempest|accessdate=9 September 2017}}
From 1929 until the 1960s she illustrated the Little Grey Rabbit books, as well as other children's books. She also wrote and illustrated her own books of the "dressed animal" type, notably the Curly Cobbler series. She illustrated a number of religious-themed books such as A Sunday Book for Children (1954) and Little Lamb of Bethlehem (1957).{{cite web|url=http://www.margarettempest.co.uk/publications|title=Publications – Illustrator|website=Margaret Mary Tempest|accessdate=9 September 2017}}
She married Sir Edward Grimwood Mears, in 1951. Her step-grandson was the physician Alex Paton.{{Cite web|url=https://www.ipswichstar.co.uk/news/ipswich-icons-artist-margaret-mary-tempest-brought-little-grey-rabbit-to-life-1-4805930|title=Ipswich Icons - Artist Margaret Mary Tempest brought Little Grey Rabbit to life|last=Russen|first=Mervyn|date=5 December 2016|website=Ipswich Star|language=en|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=21 January 2020}}{{Cite web|url=https://suffolkartists.co.uk/index.cgi?choice=painter&pid=787|title=Suffolk Artists - TEMPEST, Margaret Mary|last=|first=|date=|website=suffolkartists.co.uk|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=21 January 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gandjlawrence.co.uk/GolfClub/hro/GrimwoodMears/GrimwoodMears.htm|title=Sir Edward Grimwood-Mears|website=The History of Corhampton Golf Club|accessdate=9 September 2017}}
References
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External links
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- [https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O88541/the-witchs-house-book-illustration-tempest-margaret-mary/ Illustration of "The Witch's House"], Victoria and Albert collection.
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Category:20th-century English women artists
Category:Alumni of the Westminster School of Art
Category:British women children's book illustrators
Category:English children's book illustrators
Category:English children's writers
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